#5: Success is Possible with JeVon McCormick

Deconstructing Success

No matter what hardships you endure in life, making the most of a situation is ALWAYS possible!

Today on the show we’re talking with JeVon McCormick CEO of Scribe Media, and author of I Got There: How I Overcame Racism, Poverty, and Abuse to Achieve the American Dream. JeVon has had to overcome some true challenges in his life, from his father not being around much to getting sexually abused as an 8 year old, life was anything but easy for JeVon.

JeVon learned how to be a better person in every circumstance, he chose to not let his past bring him down, but show him how to improve. JeVon believes that becoming a smarter, better, harder working person is possible every single day.

TOPICS WE DISCUSSED

• How JeVon grew up.
• Why JeVon teared up when he got to be on a cover with the CEO of Budweiser.
• The similarities between entrepreneurship and dealing drugs.
• The three words JeVon removed from his vocabulary.
• The one question JeVon asks himself every week.

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MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

Check out Scribe Writing: www.scribewriting.com

JeVon’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtmccormick/

Scribe Media’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scribe-media

Scribe Media’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scribemediaco/

Scribe Media’s Facebook: https://facebook.com/scribemediaco

JeVon reclaiming his name: https://qz.com/work/1914116/scribe-media-ceo-jt-mccormick-is-reclaiming-the-name-jevon/#:~:text=I%20figured%20out%20early%20on,improve%20my%20odds%20of%20success.

TIMESTAMPS

02:22 – What did JT want to be when he grew up?

06:52 – Never wanting to be in a position of life never knowing what to do at the age of 8

09:25 – Writing book for JT’s children and his children’s response to JT’s story

12:15 – JT’s parents and growing up as a child (You don’t know what you don’t know)

14:20 – JT’s mother, the first 9 years of JT’s life (Life Lesson: Keep going, non-stop attitude)

16:35 – JT’s view on women

18:15 – How to trust women after being sexually abused by women

20:15 – Not seeing himself as a Victim (Get up at 3.45am and get on with my day)

22:05 – Mindset on how to deal with Trauma (Does not compare to a Syrian Family)

23:10 – Not speaking to father for 30 years before he died and what would JT say? (Well played Dad)

25:30 – Drug dealers have an entrepreneurial mindset (People loving JT’s father)

27:20 – Drug dealers and pharmaceuticals

30:08 – Seeing the first $1M come through.

31:28 – Being negative broke and how JT rebuilt himself.

37:08 – How to scale a business (You only fail if you stop trying)

38:00 – No-one talks about the Sacrifice that goes into success

40:54 – JT’s definition of success

41:38 – How JT became the CEO of Scribe Media

47:30 – How can start up’s hire an expert with little money

50:51 – Advice to Millennials & Gen Z’s

51:50 – The 3 words that JT has eliminated from his vocabulary

56:03 – What does JT do when he deals with challenges

57:25 – What JT would want his children to say about their father

59:43 – 1 lesson learned from JT’s childhood (The world is what you make of it)

01:01:58 – What impact does JT want to have on the world? (we can change a min of 30% of the lower economic community)

01:11:33 – What is JT’s definition of limitless potential?